Hair, hair, hair

Incase you haven't realised, I appear to have terrible luck with hair
Whilst out with Lucie I bought a red XXL hair dye

Seeing as my hair wasn't necessarily dark I though I'd get a rich red tone out of it
without needing to buy a dye that was closer to pillar box red
Yet, some how it has turned out like this...

So dark!!
There is red to it in the light, but not so much
It makes me feel so down, which in turn makes me feel lame haha
But it's almost back to the colour I stripped out months ago!
So obviously I'm wanting to repeat this process
However since this is the second time since stripping my hair colour
That I've had a dye become a lot darker than what it should have done
I'm thinking it's a side effect of the elimin8 product
I never had it when I used it years ago as my hair was short so it grew out

So looks like I need to persist with it for a while
and until then, channel my inner Wakana ♥
It's going to be tough to try let it fade out naturally to stop this happening
and I'm already in a frenzy of what to do next
I find myself in a battle of, follow my heart or follow my head
Because I'm worried about hair effecting work oppotunities

Seeing this picture made me all starry eyed
Such a LOVELY orange shade, I'd love to have this

But then my old school crazy hair kicks in and I want greys and purples
Then I also like vertical 2-tone styles
The list really could go one haha

So if you've any opinions...
I'm open to any hair ideas what so ever ★
Starting to come to terms with the fact that I might need some bleaching
You can broswe my Tumblr's hair tag for things I've taken a fancy to

and I'd also like to hear any reviews/experiences with Palty dyes!